SUMMER has finally arrived and not before time as Britain has just emerged from the coldest spring for more than 50 years.

Michael told me the culprit has been the jet stream, wedged further south than normal for the time of year allowing the cold and wet in.

He said: “Nobody knows why the jet stream has once again decided to be bloody-minded but it is exactly the same as last year.

“All we know is when it does it is miserable and once again we’ve all been at the receiving end of the wind, rain and even snow. We’ve had the coldest spring since 1962.”

This week, however, there is a glimmer of hope, although no heatwave is promised for the rest of June and there are more showers on the way.

Nobody knows why the jet stream has once again decided to be bloody-minded but it is exactly the same as last year.

Michael Fish

Michael said: “It is unusual to have this sort of weather on the eve of summer but sadly we are starting to get used to it. I still had my heating on yesterday.”

The million dollar question is: do we have any chance of a decent summer?

Michael said: “The question I am being asked all the time is, will we ever get a summer?

“This is virtually impossible to answer but I must admit that I don’t like the way the jet stream seems to move around, persistently slipping to the south of the UK bringing us cooler and unsettled weather. Even the Med is getting some cool and wet weather.

“Often when this happens the weather system gets in a rut and the normal east-to-west progressions get blocked and summer is on hold.

“What we want is for the jet stream to move north of us and for high pressure to move up from the Azores.

“When this happens things settle down and it brings the opportunity for some lovely summer weather. This is also when heatwaves can occur.

“We don’t see this change in early June, though. However, the weather can always change and often does change but that will be something later on in the summer.

“But it is looking better for next week certainly than the cold spring we have had.”